Life
Tal story
With the proliferation of modern opening theory and advances in knowledge of the game, I wonder sometimes if the kind…
No. 401
White to play. This is from Karjakin-Nakamura, Fidé Candidates, Moscow 2016. Hikaru -Nakamura has just implemented an ingenious combination to…
Seuss talk
In Competition No. 2940 you were invited to supply Dr Seuss’s take on the US presidential race. Given his taste…
2253: Your starter for ten
One ‘unclued’ light, as the title suggests, can be paired (on one occasion twice) with each of the other unclued…
To 2250: Knavish
The unclued lights can be preceded by JACK. First prize Margaret Lusk, Preston, Lancs Runners-up P.D.H. Riddell, London SE23;…
Why I’d like to be a more dangerous dad
According to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast last week, more than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in…
Battle for Britain
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Always obey your satnav? Then you can vote rationally on the EU
In many ways a satnav is a miraculous device. A network of US military satellites more than 10,000 miles above…
Dear Mary: Should my widowed mother and her boyfriend get separate beds?
Q. I was interested in the advice given to the niece who owed £30 (12 March). A more direct option,…
On the trail of a Burgundian Holy Grail
It was a scene evoking the first movement of the Pastoral Symphony. The evening sunshine was caressing the verdant woods…
Is it a bird? Is it a sofa? The secret history of ‘butterbump’
‘Still I’m called Buttercup —poor little Buttercup,’ sang my husband in an inappropriate and displeasing baritone. Not wishing to encourage…
Battle for Britain
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Tal story
With the proliferation of modern opening theory and advances in knowledge of the game, I wonder sometimes if the kind…
No. 401
White to play. This is from Karjakin-Nakamura, Fidé Candidates, Moscow 2016. Hikaru -Nakamura has just implemented an ingenious combination to…
Seuss talk
In Competition No. 2940 you were invited to supply Dr Seuss’s take on the US presidential race. Given his taste…
Dear Mary
Q. I was interested in the advice given to the niece who owed £30 (12 March). A more direct option,…
On the trail of a Holy Grail
It was a scene evoking the first movement of the Pastoral Symphony. The evening sunshine was caressing the verdant woods…
High life
On 17 November 1813, Marshal Ney, the bravest of the brave, had been the last to march out of Smolensk…
Long life
Apart from the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, I’ve never known what my human rights are…
Long life
Apart from the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, I’ve never known what my human rights are…
Low life
I shared a taxi from Cheltenham station to the house party in an outlying village with a stripper. Finding a…
Low life
I shared a taxi from Cheltenham station to the house party in an outlying village with a stripper. Finding a…
Butterbump
‘Still I’m called Buttercup —poor little Buttercup,’ sang my husband in an inappropriate and displeasing baritone. Not wishing to encourage…
Real life
If you are the sort of person who enjoys tinkering with a classic car prone to myriad mechanical problems then…
Why I’d like to be a more dangerous dad
According to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast last week, more than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in…
